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Hi All,
I currently have a rooted TMobile T889.
I have a quick question in regards to using the TMobile based phone on the Wind network here in Canada.
After searching, I found WarlockW's instruction post on updating the APN's to remove the lock in order to utilize the hotspot for the Tmobile SGH-T889 G Note II Reference Here ---> Remove The Locked & Hidden APNS & Tethering T-Mobile APN's! - New Updated XML
However, in the instructions provided in the above link he states "for TMobile users only."
this left me confused and lead me to posting here. Does that mean for that the modification linked above is for TMobile Network users only or TMobile Phone users only?
With a TMobile based T889, what is my best option to tether using this device on the Wind Canadian AWS network? Would I be better off flashing the phone with a Wind stock ROM? If so, where can I find a copy of the Wind ROM for the T889 (Searched)?
I haveunlimited data [fair data policy usage after 10GB] with Wind and also already pay for the tethering option as well.
Thanks!
I'm with mobilicity in Calgary and tethering works with the jedix8 rom....no mods but did delete the proxy in Apn
Off the top of my head:
-Carriers can lock APN settings through CSC.
-If Wind uses a separate APN for tethering (didn't bother checking) make sure its entered properly.
-Use whatever fixes that may be required beyond APN changes (Removal of T-Mobile-specific APNs may still be necessary.) on the US T889 ROM, or, if you're going to start flashing stuff anyway, consider using a T889V, N7105 or I317(M) based ROM which have none of those restrictions.
A broad, over-generalized statement I've made before is that if you have a choice, odds are that the Canadian or International ROMs have less restrictions, branding and bloat than their US counterparts. I understand some carrier-specific features like Wi-Fi calling muddle the waters, but this isn't a concern here. And if you *do* want carrier apps, they're increasingly available from Google Play. (Or just download that carrier's stock ROM and rip them out. [Cue evil laughter.])
Good luck,
Darkshado
if you are rooted, simply download the treVee mod... that's what I use with T-mobile... you're just gonna have to edit the settings in the app to get it to work right. Simple apk download and install and ur set
I used the Jedi 8 ROM on my tmob phone. Tethering already enabled. Simple.
Sent from a phone that's 2 Note-worthy, via XDA Premium HD app.
So I'm going to buy a T-Mobile Galaxy S4 tomorrow. I'm locked onto AT&T for a few more months (so I'll unlock this new one and buy it out right). When done I'm going T-Mobile (or Straight Talk).
Either way, there's a ROM developer over there who's ROM I really like that he's developing for the AT&T S4 (ShoStock) and I'd like to know since it's essentially similar hardware should it be a simple flash over?
I'm coming from an AT&T S2 and I know it was simple "hellraising" the International ROMs and they'd work on the AT&T variant. Can we do the same with the S4 (since they are essentially similar hardware minus additional radios on the T-Mobile variant).
Thanks!!! :laugh::good:
re: AT&T rom on Tmobile
Nosferatu. said:
So I'm going to buy a T-Mobile Galaxy S4 tomorrow. I'm locked onto AT&T for a few more months (so I'll unlock this new one and buy it out right). When done I'm going T-Mobile (or Straight Talk).
Either way, there's a ROM developer over there who's ROM I really like that he's developing for the AT&T S4 (ShoStock) and I'd like to know since it's essentially similar hardware should it be a simple flash over?
I'm coming from an AT&T S2 and I know it was simple "hellraising" the International ROMs and they'd work on the AT&T variant. Can we do the same with the S4 (since they are essentially similar hardware minus additional radios on the T-Mobile variant).
Thanks!!! :laugh::good:
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As soon as you get your Tmobile Galaxy S4 Unlocked you will be able to flash the AT&T ShoStock rom without any problems.
It will not need hellraiser or anything else and it can be flashed just like any other custom rom using CWM or TWRP recovery..
The only thing you will loose by flashing any AT&T rom on an Unlocked Tmobile phone is the free wifi calling feature.
All the Tmobile Galaxy S4 custom roms have the wifi calling feature in them.
If you flash any of the AT&T custom Galaxy S4 roms none of them will have the wifi calling feature.
Misterjunky said:
As soon as you get your Tmobile Galaxy S4 Unlocked you will be able to flash the AT&T ShoStock rom without any problems.
It will not need hellraiser or anything else and it can be flashed just like any other custom rom using CWM or TWRP recovery..
The only thing you will loose by flashing any AT&T rom on an Unlocked Tmobile phone is the free wifi calling feature.
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Gotcha. What's the free Wifi calling feature? I won't be a T-Mobile customer for a few months and still on AT&T's network so I don't think I'd benefit from it.
Nosferatu. said:
So I'm going to buy a T-Mobile Galaxy S4 tomorrow. I'm locked onto AT&T for a few more months (so I'll unlock this new one and buy it out right). When done I'm going T-Mobile (or Straight Talk).
Either way, there's a ROM developer over there who's ROM I really like that he's developing for the AT&T S4 (ShoStock) and I'd like to know since it's essentially similar hardware should it be a simple flash over?
I'm coming from an AT&T S2 and I know it was simple "hellraising" the International ROMs and they'd work on the AT&T variant. Can we do the same with the S4 (since they are essentially similar hardware minus additional radios on the T-Mobile variant).
Thanks!!! :laugh::good:
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I've been flashing AT&T AOSP based roms on it... I've been flashing AT&T sense roms on my T-mobile HTC One.. I haven't flashed AT&T TW ROMs on my Tmobile galaxy s4, but as I mentioned, I've been flashing AT&T AOSP based roms on my tmobile galaxy s4 with no issues at all.
I have ALSO been flashing TW i9505 ROMs with no issues at all. (which is probably more applicable to your question)
I'm on AT&T but have these tmobile devices for complicated reasons.
Best results i've had with my HTC is flashing international roms and selecting T-Mobile as my device type in AROMA, then once in the ROM, i just fix the APN to "ATT Phone" for full LTE speed, etc.
Same goes for i9505 TW ROMs on the GS4. The reason I bring this up is that I could never get WiFi hotspot (internet connection sharing) to work on either t-mobile phone when choosing AT&T as my carrier in AROMA (well that's not entirely true, it seems radio-related. older roms were fine, but then with a recent base-change, I encountered this issue with hotspot). I found by choosing T-MOBILE in AROMA, and then disabling wifi calling when in-ROM (to avoid the nags about invalid SIM type) and changing APN to ATT Phone, I have everything working perfectly.
I hope this helps you.
This is the WiFi calling feature:
http://t-mobile-coverage.t-mobile.com/4g-wireless-broadband-service
Sent from my SGH-M919 using xda app-developers app
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Nosferatu. said:
Gotcha. What's the free Wifi calling feature? I won't be a T-Mobile customer for a few months and still on AT&T's network so I don't think I'd benefit from it.
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If you have any tmobile plan you have a certain amount of anytime minutes, with free wifi calling whever you use it, it does not
subrract from those anytime minutes. I am usually home which means that 90% of the time that I use my phone I use wifi calling
and it does not reduce the number of minutes I have on my plan.
Wifi calling is really great, even if you leave it on all the time the phone switches automatically to normal cellular mode if it looses
the wifi connection.
Then when a wifi is connection is within reach, it starts using that again automatically which makes it really easy to use.
So for all practical terms, I leave my wifi calling on all the time. If I drive away from home the regular GSM/3G/4G etc. turns on.
Best of all the quality of the incoming and outgoing call audio is exactly the same using wifi or using the cellular network.
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sneef said:
I've been flashing AT&T AOSP based roms on it... I've been flashing AT&T sense roms on my T-mobile HTC One.. I haven't flashed AT&T TW ROMs on my Tmobile galaxy s4, but as I mentioned, I've been flashing AT&T AOSP based roms on my tmobile galaxy s4 with no issues at all.
I have ALSO been flashing TW i9505 ROMs with no issues at all. (which is probably more applicable to your question)
I'm on AT&T but have these tmobile devices for complicated reasons.
Best results i've had with my HTC is flashing international roms and selecting T-Mobile as my device type in AROMA, then once in the ROM, i just fix the APN to "ATT Phone" for full LTE speed, etc.
Same goes for i9505 TW ROMs on the GS4. The reason I bring this up is that I could never get WiFi hotspot (internet connection sharing) to work on either t-mobile phone when choosing AT&T as my carrier in AROMA (well that's not entirely true, it seems radio-related. older roms were fine, but then with a recent base-change, I encountered this issue with hotspot). I found by choosing T-MOBILE in AROMA, and then disabling wifi calling when in-ROM (to avoid the nags about invalid SIM type) and changing APN to ATT Phone, I have everything working perfectly.
I hope this helps you.
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LTE is now available for both AT&T and Tmobile LTE capable phones. Even an unlocked Tmobile S3 can now get LTE data
in a lot of the larger cities.
One of my friends has an unlocked AT&T S3 phone and he is on the Tmobile network so he always flashes tmobile custom
roms, when he flashed a tmobile rom which came with the aroma installer he selects "Tmobile" since he is a tmobile customer.
If he would select AT&T in the aroma installer he would not get LTE data or 4G unless he changes his APN to tmobile's APN.
In fact, next time you flash a Tmobile rom without the aroma installer to an unlocked AT&T phone with an Tmobile sim card
you will see that it will automatically display the proper Tmobile APN after flashing without the need to change it.
Same thing holds true if you have a unlocked Tmobile phone and a AT&T sim card and flash a AT&T rom without the
aroma installer when it gets done flashing and reboots the phone when you check the APN it will have the AT&T APN
displayed automatically too.
Before I got my Tmobile S4 I had a AT&T Unlocked S3 I747 phone and when I switched to the Tmobile network and put
the Tmobile sim card in the phone while I still had a AT&T custom rom flashed in the phone everything worked fine and
when I checked the APN it displayed "T-Mobile US" without the need to change the apn.
So from then on, when I flashed any custom tmobile rom with the aroma installer and selected "Tmobile"
and the phone always had the correct APN in it after flashing without the need to manually change it.
When I flashed a tmobile custom rom without aroma installer after flashing it also displayed the proper tmobile apn.
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Hey guys, currently i have the international model of note 2- N7100. And ill be moving to Japan soon for one year, will it be possible to still use this over there or would i have to get a new one?
I've searched on google saying some networks will work if it is 2100Mhz, but only calls and text.
Does anyone know of any network provider that can give full function ?
Thanks in advance
I can confirm that you no longer need to use the much outdated CM11 T-Mobile ROM, T-Mobile Stock ROM or the RayGlobe Flex ROM in order to use a USA domestic sim such as T-Mobile. I noticed that the BUILD.PROP on the T-Mobile CM11 ROM has some enabled goodies which do not come on the default CM11 for the LS980. That made me wonder what if I use a unified ROM (built for all variants) instead of the ROMs available on the Sprint G2 section? The build.prop there will still include capabilities for GSM devices, which CyanogenMod seems to strip in order to avoid switching to GSM (correct me if I am wrong). Anyways I gave it a go using the LS980 Bliss Pop ROM based on 5.1, which is found in the non-carrier specific section of the G2 Android Development, and sure enough I was back to being a Sprint device. Using the dialer, I accessed the Testing menu by dialing *#*#4636#*#*, switched to WCDMA preferred, and it seemed to have revert. Then I clicked WCDMA only and it stuck and I could see my signal bars changing. THEN I switched it to GSM/LTE and FINALLY HSPA+ appeared. Calls, texts, data, it all works as the APNs were already auto selected. MMS DOES NOT WORK. I've been using it like this for the past couple of hours and no issued so far. I cannot remember if I did the official unlock available on our section of XDA as I've had quite a few of the Sprint version on and off, but I really do not see what role that plays in the matter. If it doesn't work for you, then you probably do need to use the official unlock.
***Again, if my theory is correct, this should work only on unified ROMs, which are ROMs compiled for all/multiple variants.
It never worked for me on stock CyanogenMod ROMs for the LS980, thus my theory. Another theory I have is that since Sprint now allows domestic unlocks, these phones may be free to enter the domestic side if you can get them to recognize a domestic sim...
If you want pictures/proof, ask, its about 5am in my time zone and I'm too lazy to take them and upload them.
If you want to force HSPA+ instead of HSPA, use the "HSPA+ Tweaker" app found in the Play Store.
If you feel like this is good news since you use this device on a carrier other than Sprint, remember to thank me.
If you are in another country and are willing to experiment, try it and I'll update my OP as soon as I can.
If you have already mentioned this in another thread, this is my own thread, started so that others can see it easier rather than having to accidentally stumble across yours in another thread.
EDIT: Can confirm it works on other AOSP ROMs. When switching network modes, you must have a stable data connection or else it will automatically try to connect to Sprint towers.
MMS DOES NOT WORK!
Outside the usa GSM sims works perfect on every not SPRINT rom (stock based like cloudy or optimus, or AOSP/CM based)
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siggey said:
Outside the usa GSM sims works perfect on every not SPRINT rom (stock based like cloudy or optimus, or AOSP/CM based)
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Thus the first word in the title of this thread is "Domestic". Back then, you couldn't get a USA sim working with those AOSP based ROM, heck you couldn't even use it if the rom wasnt modified to spoof the T-Mobile version, see for yourself the domestic "unlocked" roms I mentioned above show your device as a D801. There has always been the international unlock which can be used even on stock, but that wouldn't help USA users.
Hello -
I just rooted my HTC One M9 and switched to Revolution 14.0 (Lollipop). I've achieved my goal of getting rid of the AT&T and HTC bloat-wear, but I've lost LTE - phone is 4G only now. I'm using the same SIM card as I was with stock ROM (and had LTE). As indicated, this is an AT&T phone, and I'm using Cricket as my MVNO.
Any ideas, including how to diagnose? I'm a noob, so please take pity and keep it simple!
Thanks in advance
Craig from Cambridge said:
Hello -
I just rooted my HTC One M9 and switched to Revolution 14.0 (Lollipop). I've achieved my goal of getting rid of the AT&T and HTC bloat-wear, but I've lost LTE - phone is 4G only now. I'm using the same SIM card as I was with stock ROM (and had LTE). As indicated, this is an AT&T phone, and I'm using Cricket as my MVNO.
Any ideas, including how to diagnose? I'm a noob, so please take pity and keep it simple!
Thanks in advance
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Is revolution 14.0 an international variant build by chance ?
If so.....the 4G moniker is representative of European builds on many occasions.
If the build is US rom based, you should Check and adjust your APN settings.
Many builds do not use the LTE signal moniker, and many do need APN checks for proper network connection, as they are built for several different carriers.
Check out those few items, and you will find your answer.
It is also a good idea to check the rom thread, as I'm sure several other users have seen the same issues you are having.
Happy flashing...g
I think I got it ...
Thanks for the ideas ....
I think this is a nomenclature issue and not an actual network issue. My upload / download speeds on '4G' are about 8 mbps, which is what I would expect for 'LTE', so I'm going to say that this flavor of ROM is just calling it a different name. Problem solved!
gregsarg said:
Is revolution 14.0 an international variant build by chance ?
If so.....the 4G moniker is representative of European builds on many occasions.
If the build is US rom based, you should Check and adjust your APN settings.
Many builds do not use the LTE signal moniker, and many do need APN checks for proper network connection, as they are built for several different carriers.
Check out those few items, and you will find your answer.
It is also a good idea to check the rom thread, as I'm sure several other users have seen the same issues you are having.
Happy flashing...g
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